Yesterday was a burner friend's birthday. I will call him T to avoid embarrassing him.

I first parted ways with T around 9:30pm. I don't really like going out to the bars so I just bought him a fancy beer bottle and drank it with him early then I went home to rest for a while so this next portion of the story I got 3rd hand.

T and some other friends did go down town. Where someguy who worked for Jameson was giving away I guess as much liquor as he could. Literally buying the bar round after round for free. Sounds awesome right?

Queue 4am. I wasn't tired anymore so I decided to go over to the house and see if anyone was still up. As I approach the house I can hear the music playing loud from the living room. I got kind of excited that my friends might actually be awake and ready to chill but when I walked in the room was empty, just remnants of a good time laying around.

At almost the same moment I go to turn off their stereo and some lights T comes out of this room which has a door to the living room.

With the most listless look I have ever seen, T proceeds to whip it out and urinate over the arm of his couch and directly onto the seat cushion. No comprehension of what he was doing.

I said "Man, you must be wasted". to which he said nothing and went back into his room.

I kinda tried to clean it with another friend while laughing about this egregious party foul.

Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

That sounds fantastic. I wish I could've seen it.

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Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

That happened to me this past year (2010)! It was so awesome; I hung the t-shirt on my wall and have the trophy in my living room. I ended up being nicknamed Winner for the rest of BM, lol. I wonder if they did it more than once... I was wearing a butterfly mask. Was that the one you saw?

Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

CattiBrie wrote: I wonder if they did it more than once... I was wearing a butterfly mask. Was that the one you saw?

nope, I didn't see your glorious occasion, sounds like you were very gracious about it. What fun!
Tamarakay, yep, this stuff happens and it just blows you away, and your face starts to hurt because you are just smiling so much!

Elorrum wrote:Walking up to the portos on Thursday am 2010, and big vehicle drives up and unloads a bunch of people. We think, "dang, now a line." They are waving their hands and beckoning people over. Everyone is silent. huh? They are dressed up in evening wear, like for an opera... and holding their fingers to their lips.. sh shhh. outside of one of the potties, a red carpet is laid on the ground, leading to a medalists podium, 1st place empty. We wait, we wait. lots of pantomimes of what is going on inside, and why it's taking so long. The door opens. Everyone cheers!!!! "Winner!" a loud fanfare erupts from the vehicle. The befuddled pottier is given a crown and scepter, and led to the top of the winner's podium, given a shirt that says, "I won Burning Man." Yay! Yay! Gracious acceptance speech with a microphone thrust into her face. Everyone back into the vehicle, pack up red carpet, and off they go. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

That's the kind of stuff that keeps me from dropping over the edge into complete "Jaded Old Timer". That and cool flashlights.

It was my second burn, I believe. '01. I had just unzipped my newly set up tent at perhaps 3am, and heard a small commotion from the bank of portapotties 100 yards away. I realized that some poor intoxicated fool was walking from john to john, trying to find an unlocked biffy in the dark, and making little noises of disbelief & frustration. I flipped on my strongest flashlight and shone it at him across the distance. He giggled "Oh! Thank you . . . " to his unseen benefactor, and walked around to the side with all the doors.

I got caught by David Best, pissing in a corner of leftovers from the temple. I really had to go! We sat down and chatted for a while, and learned that he placed the name of their pet rat in the top of the first temple. I had just told him about my rat "Charlie", whos name I'd put in the temple.